Where: Cuba (22.7° N, 81.2° W: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 81.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic units named in text. AGE: Pleistocene (Richards 1935, 1962) based on the high proportion of Recent species. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Terrace up to 350 ft in elevation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the CM
• COLLECTORS: Collected by H.G. Richards and R.E. Dickerson (1933). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in the Carnegie Museum.
Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1935. Pleistocene Mollusks from western Cuba. Journal of Paleontology 9(3):253-258 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 66772: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.10.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Gecarcinus ruricola Linnaeus 1758 crab | |
Gastropoda | |
Neritina virginea Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas, Strombus pugilis
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch
Strombus pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Perna alata" = Isognomon alatus
"Perna alata" = Isognomon alatus Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
Ostrea parasitica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
"Arca campechiensis" = Lunarca ovalis, Arca chemnitzi
"Arca campechiensis" = Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark
Arca chemnitzi Philippi 1851 ark | |
"Mytilus exustus" = Brachidontes exustus
"Mytilus exustus" = Brachidontes exustus Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Lucina jamaicensis" = Phacoides pectinatus
"Lucina jamaicensis" = Phacoides pectinatus Gmelin 1791 clam | |
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786 clam | |
Chione elevata Say 1822 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam | |
Cerion | |